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Technique: Cloissoné
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Vase Crane in Bamboo Field
Located in Queens, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over brass vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of a crane in bamb...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
19th Century French Louis XV Marble and Champlevé Vanity Table Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate your master bath counter with this elegant antique dressing mirror. Crafted in France circa 1870, the freestanding table mirror with t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Marble, Brass
19th Century French Brass & Champleve Cross with Holy Water Font on Green Marble
Located in Dallas, TX
This colorful marble and brass cross with holy water recipient was created in France, circa 1880. The antique cross features beautiful, intricate cloisonné work with enamel, stone an...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Marble, Brass
A Colourful Japanese Cloisonné Enamel Vase. Meiji period
Located in London, GB
A Fine Japanese Cloisonné Vase decorated with Mythical creatures and floral decoration.
Meiji period (c. 1890–1910)
A finely worked in silver and gold wire, the globular body fe...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Attr To Namikawa Rare Pair Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Butterfly Vases
Located in Queens, NY
Attributed to Namikawa Yasuyuki, 1845 to 1927, a pair of rare identical antique Japanese, late Meiji era, enamel vases. Each vase has a globular shaped body and a long fluted neck. T...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Large Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Fan Motif Vase
Located in Queens, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji era enamel over copper vase. The urn shaped vase is enameled with polychrome fan shaped medallions featuring floral, foliage and butterfly motifs surro...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Pair Chinese Elephant Form Cloisonne Prickets Candle Holders
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Antique (late 19th century) Chinese candle holders (prickets) in the form of processional elephants, finely crafted in brass with extensive cloisonne enamel inlay.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal
Jewelry Ring Trinket Boxes Pair Cloisonné Swan Japanese Gift Love Valentine
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
- Once courtship is complete, male and female swans bond for life and this delightful pair of Japaneer cloisonné swans symbolize love and const...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Ormolu and Cloisonné́ Enamel Orientalist Clock Set
Located in London, GB
Comprising a central clock with two flanking vases, the case with central and side panels decorated with flowers and herons, the two vases similarly decorated.
Height, width and dep...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$16,825 / set
Pair Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Vases.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Vases.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Antique Chinese Cloisonne Birds
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty pair of Chinese birds handcrafted in brass and decorated in cloisonne with floral and symbolic designs on an alluring blue background, featuring brass stylized tail feathers de...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal
$6,500 / set
Japanese Ginbari Perfume Vase in Cloisonné Enamel, 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stunning example of a Japanese foiled cloisonne miniature brass perfume bottle or incense vase hand-painted with decorative flowers. The shimmer from ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$322 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Cloisonné Bowl with Ruji head borders, Qing Circa 1840
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good shallow cloisonne bowl made in China in the mid-19th century.
The bowl is circular with a short foot, beautifully made of bronze with rich, bold colorful enamels, i...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$363 Sale Price
24% Off
High Quality Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Dragon and Phoenix Bird Vase
Located in Queens, NY
A high quality Japanese Meiji era enamel over copper vase. The urn shaped vase is enameled with polychrome medallions featuring Phoenix bird and dragon designs surrounded by floral a...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Enamel cloissoné and gilt bronze inkwell. France, late 19th century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Enamel cloissoné and gilt bronze inkwell. France, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Chinese cloisonné square-shaped vase
Located in New York, NY
archaistic motif on blue ground
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Russian 875 Silver Enamel Tea Strainer Kokoshnik Mark Cloisonne
Located in Greer, SC
Antique Russian imperial silver tea strainer, ornately crafted with fine cloisonne enamel work. Fully hallmarked on the back of the strainer with the kokoshnik mark along with an unk...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Other Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Large Rare Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Plate
Located in Queens, NY
A large rare antique, Meiji era, Japanese enamel over copper plate or charger. The interior of the plate is adorned with a polychrome enamel image of blossoming flowers surrounded by...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$2,250 Sale Price
50% Off
1880's Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Censer, Ducks on the Fitted Wood Base
Located in Norton, MA
Chinese bronze cloisonne enamel censer in a form of ducks sitting on the fitted wood base. It's been carefully designed in every detail.
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper
Charming enamel and gilded Bronze Ewer by F. Barbedienne, France, circa 1870
Located in PARIS, FR
Signed F. Barbedienne & Cie
Height : 31,5 cm (12,4 in.) ; Width : 12 cm (4,7 in.) ; Depth : 10,5 cm (4,1 in.)
Charming baluster-shaped ewer in gilded bronze decorated with red and blue polychrome cloisonné enamel. Two beaded handles connect the body to the slender neck, ending in a flared pouring spout, and it rests on a circular piedouche. The whole is decorated with abundant engraved decoration of foliage interlacing.
Barbedienne and the Cloisonné enamel :
Ferdinand Barbedienne continuously innovated and he revived the use of enamel on art works during the second half of the 19th century. The Sèvres Manufacture enamel workshop had ever tried it in 1854-1855, but Barbedienne was the one who succeeded to join enamel to an industrial decorative objects production. From 1858 “At Mr Barbedienne’s, enamels in copper ornaments have got their former prestige back” (Les bronzes de la Maison Barbedienne, C. Simon, in L’Art du XIXe siècle, 1858, n°21, p. 252). The Barbedienne Company had now an enamel workshop where objects ornamented with oriental style or medieval style enamels were made. Four years after, Barbedienne’s cloisonné...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Large Chinese Nephrite and Agate Flower Model in a Cloisonné Enamel Planter
Located in London, GB
Large Chinese nephrite and agate flower model in a cloisonné enamel planter
Chinese, 20th Century
Height 45cm, width 38cm, depth 31cm
Crafted from agate, nephrite, and cloisonné en...
Category
20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Stone, Agate, Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Vases Petite Pair
Located in Savannah, GA
This colorful striking pair of antique Japanese bronze vases from the Meiji period are decorated with enamel using the cloisonne technique. Two matched vases with a relief pattern of...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Elephants, Each On Its Original Cloisonné Base
Located in New York, NY
each elephant is surmounted by a vase filled with various ornaments
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Vintage Japanese Cloisonné Set of 5 Pcs Sushi Dishes with Orchid Design
Located in Bochum, NRW
Vintage Japanese Cloisonné Set of 5 Pcs Sushi Dishes with Orchid design, each in a different color. In original box. Excellent condition.
D...
Category
1950s Japanese Vintage Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Pair Antique Chinese Cloisonné Porcelain Hexagonal Lamps, circa 1910-1920
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pair Antique Chinese Cloisonné Porcelain hexagonal lamps, circa 1910-1920.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Bottle Vases
Located in New York, NY
peach motif on yellow ground
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$10,000 / set
Cloisonné Enamel and Silver Russian Kovsh
Located in London, GB
This wonderful Kovsh (an ornamental drinking vessel) was created at the start of the 20th century in Imperial Russia. Made of 875 grade silver, the Kovsh is of oval form and features...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique Japanese Bronze Cloisonne/Champleve Vase Urn
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Japanese Bronze Cloisonne/Champleve Vase Urn
This antique Champleve/Cloisonne vase from the late 19th century would look beautiful on your mantlepiece. It's cast bronze with...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Other Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal
19th Century Cloisonné Enamel Dragon Vase, Meiji Period Japan
Located in London, GB
This intricately decorated antique Japanese vase was crafted in the Meiji period (1868-1912). The vase is of circular form and features a waisted base, large, ovoid body and a lid wi...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Cats
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese cloisonné or enamel on copper cats in a familiar stalking pose decorated with symbolic biomorphic designs over an alluring blue background.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$3,600 / set
A Fine Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonné Enamel Tray Attributed to Namikawa Sösuke
Located in London, GB
A Japanese Meiji Period Cloisonné Enamel
Tray Attributed to Namikawa Sösuke, Late 19th Century
A refined rectangular cloisonné enamel tray with softly rounded corners and shallow...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Cloisonné Vases Butterflies & Flowers, 19th Century Meiji Period, Pair
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
These are a very decorative pair of cloisonné vases, made in Japan and dating to the 19th Meiji Period, circa 1875.
The vases have a good baluster shape with a circular form. They...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century French Cloisonné Jewellery Box by Maison Alphonse Giroux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A French gilt-bronze mounted, fruit wood and ivory marquetry metal cloisonné jewellery box by Maison Alphonse Giroux and Ferdinand Duvinage, Paris, ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass
$5,327 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th century Japanese Cloisonne Vase Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century Japanese cloisonne vase mounted as a lamp. Late Meiji period vase mounted as a lamp in the mid-20th century. Lapet reserves on 6 panels creating a hexagonal body. U...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Aesthetic Movement Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Silver, Copper
French Japonisme style gilt bronze and enamel mantel clock
Located in London, GB
French Japonisme style gilt bronze and enamel mantel clock
French, 19th Century
Height 30cm, width 18cm, depth 14.5cm
This fine mantel clock is of rectangular form, with a gilt bron...
Category
19th Century French Japonisme Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Enamel
Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Pair of Vases
Located in Sarasota, FL
Japanese Meiji cloisonne pair of very fine and detailed vases. Maker's mark on the bottom.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Silver Wire Enamel Vases Birds in Bamboo
Located in Queens, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, silver wire enamel vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of a pair of a sp...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Two Antique Cloisonné Enamel and Gilt Bronze Oil Lamps
Located in London, GB
These beautiful oil lamps were created in France in the late 19th century. They are designed in a wonderful chinoiserie style—a European take on Chinese decorative arts.
The lamp...
Category
Late 19th Century French Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Ormolu, Bronze, Enamel
Very Fine Gilt Bronze, Cloisonné Enamel and Porcelain Holy Water Stoup
Located in London, GB
A very fine gilt bronze, cloisonné enamel and porcelain holy water stoup
French, late 19th century
Measures: Height 54cm, width 34cm, depth 9cm
This b...
Category
Late 19th Century French Renaissance Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Large Antique Japanese Meiji Cloisonne Plate 1900
Located in Queens, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji period cloisonne enamel metal charger plate depicting a multicolored picture of two birds hovering over graceful acacia branches on a pale yellow ground. Features a highly detailed polychrome border depicting cherry blossoms and red maple leaves and other floral motifs on a black ground. The backside is adorned with a swirl wavy motif made in the cloisonne technique and has a border decorated with stylized geometric patterns. Circa the late 19th or early 20th century. Antique Japanese Plates...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
$2,450 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Antique Meiji Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Red Crane Vase
Located in Queens, NY
A large antique Japanese copper vase with translucent cloisonne enamel design. 1890 Meiji era, . Elongated shape with pronounced neck. The piece is decorated with a stork bird motif ...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
Late Meji Period Japanese Cloisonné Miniature 3 Drawer Chest by Inaba Nanaho
Located in Morristown, NJ
An exquisite Japanese miniature cloisonné chest by Inaba Nanaho of Nagoya, finely crafted in the early 20th century, bridging the Meiji and Taishō periods. This diminutive three-draw...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Vintage Chinese Republic Period Cloisonné Bowl, Early 20th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and finely decorated vintage Chinese Republic period cloisonné bowl decorated with panels containing grotesque masks. The rounde...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Chinese Cloisonne Charger with Floral & Foliage Pattern C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Chinese Cloisonne Charger With Floral & Foliage Pattern C1920
Measures- 1.5"H x 12"W x 12"D
This antique Chinese cloisonné charger,...
Category
20th Century Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal, Enamel
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Enamel Vase
Located in Queens, NY
An antique Japanese Meiji era covered amphora shaped enamel over brass urn vase. The exterior of the vase is adorned with polychrome enameled continuo...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Vintage Chinese Cloisonne' Incense Burner - Censor - with Cover
Located in Bradenton, FL
Vintage Chinese cloisonné' enamel tripod incense burner and cover. Item is raised on three legs, each covered with lion mask. Beautiful lotus scroll in colors of rich blues, pinks, whites, and greens. Inside is solid turquoise...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Meiji Box Dragon, Foo Dog, Phoenix Bird, Butte
Located in Queens, NY
An antique Japanese copper footed rectangular double-bottom box with hinged lid. Late Meiji period, The piece is decorated with cloisonne enamel depictions of dragons, phoenix bird, flowers against the swirl motif background. Collectible Oriental Vanity...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique French Cloisonné Enamel Porcelain Jardiniere, Circa 1880-1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Cloisonné Enamel Porcelain Jardiniere, Circa 1880-1890.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Japanese Meiji Era Cloisonne Enamel Plate Charger
Located in Queens, NY
An antique Japanese, Meiji era, enamel over brass charger or plate. The plate is adorned with polychrome medallions depicting birds in chrysanthemum flowers, and a river mountain lan...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Pair of Large Cloisonné Vases
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite pair of Chinese antique cloisonné enamel 'millefleur' baluster-form brass vases, meticulously decorated in a traditional design of flowers, birds and butterflies, and fe...
Category
20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$2,910 / set
Antique Japanese Bronze Cloisonné Vase with Colors Butterflies, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely vase
Additional information:
Material: Bronze & Metal
Primary Material: Bronze & Cloisonne
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 19th century
Japan Dynasty Period: Meiji Period (18...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Group of 5 Small Japanese Cloisonne and Ginbari Vases, Early 20th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A charming group of five Japanese cloisonné and ginbari foiled vases, Meiji period, early 20th century, Japan.
The group consists of one vase with cloisonné chrysanthemum blossoms against bold and bright turquoise ginbari foil background, two similar vases of primarily black and burgundy cloisonné - one with a butterfly motif, the other with a floral motif, and two similar vases of primarily dark blue and green cloisonné, both with floral and butterfly motifs.
Turquoise ginbari vase...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Foil, Wire
Ferdinand Barbedienne, Cloisonné Enamel Arabesque Crucifix, France 19th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful antique crucifix cross in cloisonné arabesque and floral shaped enamel and gilt bronze by the Ferdinand Barbedienne foundry. Signed F. Barbedienne. France 19th century.
Tr...
Category
19th Century French Romantic Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Japanese Style Gilt Bronze and Enamel Clock Set
By Japy Frères
Located in London, GB
This beautiful clock set is designed in a fanciful Japanese style, known in France in the 19th Century as ‘Japonisme’. The style became highly fashionable in Europe after 1853, when ...
Category
19th Century French Japonisme Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$10,515 / set
Antique Japanese Cloisonne Meiji Era Enamel Vase Signed Hayashi Yojiro
Located in Queens, NY
An antique Japanese, late Meiji period, enamel over brass vase. The vase has an amphora shaped body and a narrow fluted neck. The ware is enameled with a polychrome image of a bird i...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Brass
Antique Pair of Red, Blue and Multicoloured Cloisonné Tables
Located in Toronto, ON
These rare tables have a spectacular presence due to their grand size and intricate work. Cloisonné, derived from the French word “enclosed” is an ancient technique of decorating met...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Cloisonné Enamel and Gilt Bronze Frames, Napoleon III Period
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of neo-Gothic gilt bronze frames. Decorated with {cloisonné} enamel in blue, red and green; trilobed diamond shape ornaments on the frame and flowery Maltese crosses in the angl...
Category
Late 19th Century Gothic Revival Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Meiji Era Japan Cloisonne Enamel Tea Set
Located in Queens, NY
An antique Japanese cloisonne enamel tea set from the Meiji Era, 1868 to 1912. A total of 7 items. The set comprises 2 cups and saucers, a teapot, a sugar bowl, and creamer decorated...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Copper
$3,000 / set
Enamel cloissoné and gilt bronze inkwell. France, late 19th century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Enamel cloissoné and gilt bronze inkwell. France, late 19th century.
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Chinese Export Cloisonné Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Lovely Chinese export cloisonné box made of brass and enameled with a beautiful floral pattern resting on ball feet. This decorative box was most likely a cigarette box or trinket bo...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Cloissoné Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Cloisonné Vases, Lamps, Bowls and Other Furniture and Objects for Sale on 1stDibs
Liven your home with cloisonné vases, bowls, lamps and other objects and furnishings ornamented with lustrous enamel. Technically, enamel is colored glass fused to metal. But that simple description greatly understates the case. Applied using an array of techniques to a wide range of objects, it is one of the most dynamic, and alluring, mediums in the world.
No one knows for sure when or where enameling originated. But, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, it is widely believed that the decoration on a gold scepter found in a royal Mycenaean tomb at Kourion Kaloriziki, in Cyprus, and dating to the 11th century BC, is a true, early example of the technique.
Between the 6th and 12th centuries AD, cloisonné — in which tiny compartments (cloisons) made by soldering copper filaments to a metal surface are filled with vibrantly hued enamel — had a huge vogue in the Byzantine Empire. By the 7th century, Lombard craftsmen in northern Italy were using enamel to emulate Byzantine objects. In the 12th and 13th centuries, artisans in China imported the technique and made it so much their own that enameled objects have long been associated with Eastern aesthetics and motifs rather than Western ones.
Collectors of authentic antique Chinese furniture and decorative objects know that Ming dynasty-era cloisonné objects are particularly coveted. Although ornamentation was minimal at the time, Ming dynasty furniture often featured carved or painted details of flowers, insects, dragons, fruits and other motifs. As overseas trade expanded, techniques from the West, like cloisonné enamel painting, adorned table screens and other pieces.
Elaborately decorated Ming-era cloisonné objects and furnishings — vessels and other items featuring lots of vibrant colors and details — are likely to fetch considerable sums at auction, as Chinese cloisonné vases created during the Ming and Qing eras represent a golden age of the country’s furniture design. (Victorian cloisonné is also popular with design enthusiasts.)
Cloisonné wasn’t adopted in Japan until the 1800s. Back then, amid an era of societal and cultural shifts, a bolstered interest in art and design elevated Japanese craft traditions during the Meiji period. European styles like Japonisme appropriated Japanese design while craftsmen in places like Wales and England employed japanning, a varnishing technique that approximated the appearance of lacquer for the surfaces of furnishings.
Today, Meiji-era cloisonné vases or incense burners in good condition are of great interest to collectors of Asian art and furniture produced by the period’s Japanese cloisonné workshops.
Find cloisonné vases, lighting, decorative bowls and other objects for sale on 1stDibs.